List of Famous people born in Venezuela

Veruzhka Tatiana Ramírez is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder who was Miss Venezuela 1997 and winner of the Best in Swimsuit award and first runner-up to Miss Universe 1998.

Jessica Brizeida López Arocha is a Venezuelan artistic gymnast who competes for the Venezuela national team. She competed at the 2008, the 2012 and the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she qualified to the uneven bars final, becoming the first Venezuelan gymnast to qualify for an individual apparatus final, where she placed sixth.

María Corina Machado Parisca is a Venezuelan politician who served as an elected member of the National Assembly of Venezuela from 2011 to 2014. She was a candidate for Venezuelan president in the 2012 elections and has indicated that she would run again in 2019 if interim President Juan Guaidó were to call for elections.

Kervin Martin Piñerúa Urbina was a Venezuelan volleyball player who played as an opposite hitter for Miranda and as captain for Venezuela's national team. On November 18, 2016 he died at a hospital in Ankara after a heart attack.

Carlos José Mata Figueroa is a former Defence Minister of Venezuela from January 2010 to January 2012) and the Chief of the Venezuelan armed forces. He holds the rank of General in the Venezuelan Army.

Pedro Carujo (1801–1836) was a Venezuelan journalist and member of the military. He was one of the leaders in the Revolution of Reforms of 1835.

Joel David Graterol Nader is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for América de Cali.

María Josefina Bolívar is a Venezuelan lawyer, businesswoman and politician. She was presidential candidate twice for the United Democratic Party for Peace and Freedom (PDUPL) in the presidential elections of 2012 and 2013. She also ran for the same party in the regional elections of 2012 and was candidate for the mayoralty of Maracaibo in the municipal elections of 2013. In 2015 she was nominated as candidate for the 4th circuit of Zulia State in the parliamentary elections, and in 2017 she stood as candidate for the Constituent National Assembly.

Gelmin Javier Rivas Boada is a Venezuelan footballer who currently plays as a striker.

Omar Enrique Barboza Gutiérrez is the president of the Venezuelan political party Un Nuevo Tiempo, in opposition to Nicolás Maduro.